FORKS — A fisherman visiting the area was found dead Sunday morning along the Sol Duc River.
Just before 10 am, Clallam County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a report that a there was a man deceased on a river bank outside of Forks, WA. The reporting party advised the male was obviously deceased and was wearing a tan fishing vest.
Deputies responded with medics and a swift water rescue team was deployed. They later found a single-person pontoon boat stuck in a log jam about a mile from where the deceased male was located.
The man was identified as 45-year-old Tacoma resident, Joseph D. Jarzynka. His family said Jarzynka came to Forks to go fishing and brought with him a single person pontoon boat.
The Clallam County Coroner was notified, and an autopsy is pending.